For assistance with use of this site, please call the Office of Professional Regulation at 515-348-4670. Assistance is
available during normal business hours. The assistance available includes help logging in to the site, lost passwords,
CLE and client security reporting requirements, extensions, approval of CLE events, or similar matters.

This website will be down every day between the hours of 1:30am and 5:00am due to database maintenance.
The system will be offline and undergoing maintenance from Saturday, January 18th, through Monday, January 20th, so please wait until Tuesday, January 21st to log in and file your reports.

Welcome

Welcome to the public services page of Iowa Supreme Court Office of Professional Regulation. The clickable menu options on this page allow any member of the public to access a range of services. Lawyers, certified shorthand reporters, IOLTA banks and sponsors of continuing legal education events may log in to their accounts using the Username and Password fields on the left side of this page. A short description of each available service is found in the description box.

Attorney Filing Season Information:
The system will begin accepting CLE, Client Security, and Annual Exempt Attorney reports on December 26, 2019. You will not be able to file a report before that date. The due data for filing your annual reports without penalty is March 10, 2020. This is a biennium year, so you will need to report three (3) hours of ethics CLE (combined total for 2018 and 2019 calendar years). If you are short hours, you will need to request an extension. Applications for an extension are free until January 15, 2020, after which there will be a $100 extension fee.

A fee of $20 for support of the CLE system will be collected with your annual report. The annual fee for support of the disciplinary system will be $200 and a regular assessment of $50 for the Client Security Trust Fund will be collected. Attorneys in exempt status have a $50 annual exemption fee.

The Office of Professional Regulation accepts fee payments by Mastercard, Visa, Discover, or E*Check.

All attorneys in private practice will be required to designate a successor attorney in accordance with Iowa Court Rule 39.18. You will also be required to identify individuals with knowledge of your practice.

Description

Recent Disability and Discipline Orders: This process displays the public lawyer disability and discipline orders entered during the past 60 days.

Apply to be a CSR: This process allows you to apply to take the examination to become a certified shorthand reporter in Iowa. Based on the information you provide, you will receive further instructions from the Board of Examiners of Shorthand Reporters or its administrative office on the tasks you must complete prior to certification.

New CLE Sponsor Registration: This process allows any sponsor of continuing legal education (CLE) programs or classes to register as an on-line entity.

New IOLTA Contact Registration: This process allows any qualified person representing an IOLTA bank to register as an on-line user.

New Law Firm Contact Registration: This process allows any qualified person representing a law firm to create a list of lawyers in that firm, then pay all the fees due for those lawyers by credit card or E*check at one time.

Contact Us: This process allows any member of the public, lawyer, shorthand reporter or sponsor of a continuing legal education event to submit an inquiry on-line to the appropriate commission of the Supreme Court or to the State Court Administrator's office.

Certified Shorthand Reporter Search: This process allows you to search the database of shorthand reporters (also sometimes referred to as court reporters) who have been certified by the Board of Examiners of Shorthand Reporters to perform shorthand reporting in Iowa.

Search Lawyers Licensed in Iowa: This process allows you to search the database of lawyers who have been licensed by the Supreme Court of Iowa to practice law in Iowa.

Search Continuing Legal Education Sponsors: This process allows you to search the database of sponsors who have sponsored continuing legal education (CLE) programs or classes submitted for approval by the Commission on Continuing Legal Education.

Search Continuing Legal Education Events: This process allows you to search the database of continuing legal education (CLE) programs and classes submitted for approval by the Commission on Continuing Legal Education.

Search Disability and Discipline Orders: This process allows you to search the database of public disability and discipline orders imposed on Iowa lawyers.